{"product_id":"theocritus-select-poems-select-poems-paperback","title":"Theocritus: Select Poems: Select Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheocritus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eK. J. Dover\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a wide selection of Theocritus \u003ci\u003eIdylls \u003c\/i\u003eand a number of the \u003ci\u003eEpigrams\u003c\/i\u003e assigned to him in Greek Anthology. It includes most of the poems usually considered authentically Theocritean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBasing himself firmly on the definitive and extensive commentary of A.S.F. Gow, the author helps students cope with the difficulties they are likely to first encounter with the poet -- his dialect, his large (especially botanical and zoological) vocabulary, his typically Hellenistic wealth of allusion to earlier Greek literature, and the difficulties of interpreting what Dover refders to as his 'emotional temperature'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Introduction and Commentary will enable readers to read Theocritus for the first time; help them understand what the Greek means not only in terms of translation from one language into another but also in terms of literary, mythological, ethical and sensory associations. This is \u003ci\u003esine qua non \u003c\/i\u003efor reading Theocritus.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir \u003cb\u003eKenneth J. Dover\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Greek in the University of St. Andrews and former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 395\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7.32 x 4.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50391950524653,"sku":"9780862921477","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/pK7qr2g80n9780862921477.webp?v=1785818859","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/theocritus-select-poems-select-poems-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}